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J. M. OAILLE.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

No. 415,406. -Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OSEPII MATIIIAS CAILLE, OF EAST SAGINAV, l\IIICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THEUNION STORE SERVICE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,406, dated November19, 1889.

Application filed January 31, 1889- Serial No. 298,264. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: a is a leaf-spring having its center engagedBe it known that I, JOSEPH MATHIAS to the bed-plate of the car and soformed that OAILLE,acitizen of theUnited States,residing its ends will,when in their normal posiat East Saginaw, county of Saginaw, State oftions, be slightly underneath and adjacent to 5 Michigan, have inventeda certain new and the wheels of the car.

' useful Improvement in Store-Service Appa- D is an arm extending outfrom the standratus; and I declare the following to be a full, ardunderneath and adjacent to the wire, and clear, and exact description ofthe invention, is preferably engaged to the wire at its outer such aswill enable others skilled in the art end.

to to which it pertains to make and use the The operation of the devicewill be readily 60 same, reference being bad to the accompanyunderstood. The car remains at rest at one ing drawings, which form apart of this speciend with the spring 0 bearing against the fication.arm D and holding the car steady. The strap My invention relates to thatclass of storeor cord G is unwound from the spool ordrum,

service apparatus wherein a car is adapted to the ends,however, beingengaged thereto and 65 travel over a taut wire stretched from stationthe loop part of the cord engaged to the proto station; and it consistsof a combination of jection or hook c on the bed-plate of the car.devices hereinafter described and claimed. A portion of the strap orcord F is wound In the drawings, Figure 1 representsaside upon thecenter of the spool or drum. The

elevation of the devices at one station of my operator grasps the handleand gives a pull, 7o improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a sectional thusrevolving the spool or drum, and by so view through the bed-plate of thecar. Fig. doing the strap or cord G is Wound on the 3 is a plan view ofthe apparatus on the line ends of the spool or drum and the car carrieda x of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: represents views in deforward and projected overthe wire. There tail of the actuating spool or drum. being a certainamount of friction between 75 In carrying out myinvention,Arepresentsthe spring 0 and the arm B, it will take a the usual standard, and B thetaut wire usual strong pull on the strap F to releasethe car,

in this style of store-service apparatus. but when released it will beprojected rapidly C is the car, provided with any suitable cup over thewire. When the car leaves the staor receptacle C. tion, the strap orcord G is left wound upon 80 D is an arm extending horizontally from thedrum with the loop above the wire. It the standard above the wire andproperly thus remains until the incoming car picks up braced to hold itrigid. Journaled on the the loop and unwinds the strap or cord, atouterend of this arm is a spool or drum E. the same time winding theactuating cord or 3 5 The ends of this spool or drum are enlarged strapF thereon. 85 and the peripheries preferably grooved, as The office ofthe spring 0 is threefold: first, shown at e. by bearing upon the arm Bit acts as a brake F is an actuating strap or cord engaged to ontheincoming carriage; second, it holds the the spool or drum, as at e,and adapted to car steadily in position until the mechanism be woundthereon. This cord or strap exis operated to project it, and, third, byhaving 0 tends back over pulley A and down within its ends underneaththe wheels and adjacent reach of the operator, where it is provided tothe wire it serves as a guard when the car with a suitable handle F; istraveling over the wire and prevents the G is another strap or cord, theends of which former from jumping from the wire. 5 are engaged to theenlarged ends of the spool II is a cylinder engaged beneath the arm D, 5or drum, as at 0 Thus when the strap or through which the actuating cordor strap cord G is wound on the spool or drum a loop passes.

will be suspended above the wire. The bed- It is a spring located in thecylinder, and f plate 0 of the car may be provided with upis a suitablestop located on the actuating cord weirdly-projecting projections orbooks 0. or strap, and adapted when the actuating roe cord or strap hasbeen sufficiently unwound from the drum to enter the cylinder and bearagainst the spring, and thus lessen the shock incident to the car havingbeen released.

f is another suitable stop located on the actuating cord or strap andadapted to limit the play of the latter by striking the projection b onthe standard.

Of course I do not limit myself to the specific form of the spool ordrum shown; nor do I limit myself to the specific means for actuatingthe same, since any form of spool or drum on which the looped cord orstrap could be wound would be contemplated by my invention.

What I claim is- 1. In a store-service apparatus, the combination, withthe taut wire and the car adapted to travel thereon, of a spool or drumlocated above the wire, a cord or strap engaged to said drum and adaptedto be wound thereon, said car having a projection for engaging theloopof said cord or strap, and a cord for revolving the spool or drum,the construction being such that when the spool or drum is revolved thecord or strap will be Wound upon the drum and the car be projected overthe wire. substantially as described.

2. In a store-service apparatus, the combination, with the taut Wire andthe car adapted to travel thereon, of a spool or drum located above thewire, a cord or strap adapted to be wound thereon, said car having aprojection for engaging said cord or strap, and an actuating cord orstrap engaged to said spool or drum and adapted to revolve the same,substantially as described.

3. In a store-service apparatus, the combination, with the car, of thesingle spool or drum E, located above the wire, the actuating-cord F,adapted to be wound thereon, and the loopedcord or strap G, alsowoundthereon and adapted to engage a hook projection on the car,substantially as described.

1. In a store-service apparatus, the combination, with the standard, thetaut wire, and the car adapted to travel thereon, of an arm extendingfrom said standard above the wire, a spool or drum journaled in saidarm, acord or strap having its ends engaged to said spool or drum andadapted to be wound thereon, said car having a projection for engagingthe loop of said cord or strap, and an actuating cord or strap forrevolving said spool or drum, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH MATHIAS cAILLE.

, Witnesses:

JOHN J. WHEELER, ROBERT B. MCKNIGHT.

